Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-24

blackmailed him out of three hundred
dollars per year ever since. 1t is more
prudent to send your love through the
telephone.
Utica has dog that has been dis
covered going from house to house
each morning. after the milkman has
made his rounds. lifting the cover from
the newly filled pals. and drinking
milk until he cdhld drink no more
Utica IN " HeraR
1t is a curious thing in connection
with Tony Barrios' presence at West
Point that young Zarala, son of the
man who overthrow and caused the
death of President BarriOs,tof Guate-
mala, should also be at West Point and
classmate of Tony's. The two young
men naturally have bothing to say to
each other.-M. Y. Tribune.
1t is predicted that the "Star OF
Bethlehem" will appear this year for
the sixth time since the birth of Christ
This star is said to appear directly north
of the North Star, and to be visible in
its dazzling light at noonSay. i is q
solar orb, many times the magnitude
of our sun, whose orbit is yet uncalcu-
lated by any Chicago
Times.
"A NeW York surgeon saFs he OH1
take any man under forty years of age
and so alter his facial expression by
the use OF the knifO and little paint
that his own wife could noS identify
him. Many a man who has been out
all night turns up in tile morning in =
similar condition. and Che Disgusting
process is less painfuL-& y. Herald.
An amusing instance of how a book
agent cleaned out an entire school is
reported from Gelina. o. The bore
called to see the superintendent and
not finding him rang the first bell that
came handy. it happened to be the
fire-gong, and the six hundred well$
trained pupils arose and marched out of
the building. The book agent was sub
sequently fred out himself - Cleveland
Leader.
According to book recently pub
lished by an English organist, 4 cow
lows i'll perfect fifth and octave or
tenth; a dog barks in fifth or fourth
donkey brays in a perfect octave; n
horse neighs in - descent on the chro-
matte scale. Each person has his
Fundamental key in which ne generally
speaks, but which he often tEansposes
in sympathy to other voices, or When
he is excited.
The carrier-pigeon service of Paris
lie almost as completely organized as il
Che telegraph system, for missiVes can
be sent by the winged messengers to
Aeighboring forts and towns and even
20 distant places in the provinces. The
staff numbers twenty-five hundred Z
trained birds. The Parisians. during
the terrible days OF tho last siege,
learned the value of the pigeon post
and the lesson has not beer forgotten
The New Orleans Christian AdU0-
cate complains as follows: "Brethren
who have not the Siane 60 write us n
four-line marriage notice within the
month they happens but waiS until tho
end of the year and then send US a
bunch Of them without either correct e
dates or names, must explain to theiE
people that this 10 che reason why they
are not published The same with
obituaries. We want neWG In ono
case Il couple were divorced before tho
An inventor took bomb into the
Patent Office az Washington the other
day and deposited il on one of the
tables with the remark that ie would
explode as soon rs it was placed in
water. AS soon as he left the office
one of the clerks concluded Co expert
,nent, and procured pail of water for
the purpose. No sooner was the bomb
ducked than it exploded With terrific .
effect. blowing the pail in dozens of Q
pieces, and splashing the water over
every foot of space in the room. After e.
the occupants had wiped the water
from their faces. and shook their cloth .
ing little, a resolution was adopted
by them never again to be curious
about strange invcntions.-WI0 Washington
Post.
For several months past c. E. Mo-
Dermott and his father of Jefferson
vile. KY, have been SQUIRTING. I'M
known to each other, Che handsome
daughter OF wealthy Scott County
farmer. The father, it was thought, o
had proved the successful sutton, and
st. Valentines day had been chosen
for the nuptials. The son, however,
knew nothing OF the arrangement IN
til his father took him into his conf
dence Wednesday last. He sought An
interview with the girl and discovered
that he had been her choice. and THAI
she would have married him had he
proposed. He did so then and there.
and they eloped and were married
The young man is only
nineteen years old and the girl as but
eYenteen.